Gray Skies, Banks Home Winning Shot for 'Cats in OT; Girls Basketball Season Ends at Regional

Posted Date: 02/27/2020

Senior Wyatt Gray slid on the baseline to the lane, caught an interior bounce pass from Ezekiel Fuentes and banked in the game-winning bucket with .7 seconds left in overtime to seal a 61-59 win against Pauls Valley for the Madill boys basketball team Thursday afternoon in Newcastle. The win places them in a game at 3 p.m. on Feb. 28 at North Rock Creek in Shawnee against the Tulsa (Central)/Muldrow loser.

However, the girls basketball team lost 46-29 to Pauls Valley and was elimated from the playoffs.

The boys game was a series of momentum swings. It was tied 17-all after the first quarter. Pauls Valley had a 27-24 edge by halftime. The Wildcats climbed to a 37-34 lead by the end of the third frame.

The fourth was back-and-forth. Austin Maxey again hit a three-point basket from the top of the key as time expired in regulation play to tie the score at 50-all to force an extra session.

Madill then outscored the Panthers 11-9 in the extra frame of the must-win game.

The girls battled but were unable to keep pace with the Panthers. They faced a 23-12 deficit at halftime. They finished with an overall 10-15 record for the season.

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